About Gobies

[bassman87]

What would be the reason for not being able to use them as bait? Since they're just a nuisance anyway

i believe because some people might keep them alive to use as live bait and transport them to lakes that are ungoby-ized

[Roy]

What would be the reason for not being able to use them as bait? Since they're just a nuisance anyway

 

If you'd be allowed to use them for bait, you could buy some or catch them yourself and transport them to a water body that doesn't yet have gobies. That would be my reasoning.

[canuckjack]

Ahhh, that makes sense, I was only thinking along the lines of if you used em right where you caught em.

 

Was out on the St. Lawrence near my place last fall in about 10 - 15 ft of water and the bottom was thick with them...they were chasing my lure and one would get snagged every few casts. At the time I wasn't aware of the regs on them so I just threw them back.

 

I'll be sure to leave them out for the sea gulls this year.